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Outstanding local-bond ratioAs of 2022Official latest1 year only

How many times the standard annual budget a prefecture’s outstanding borrowing equals. Higher means debt repayment weighs more heavily on future budgets.

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1Shizuoka
208.5%
2Niigata
205.1%
3Akita
193.7%
4Ishikawa
188.9%
5Hokkaido
188.9%
6Toyama
185.5%
7Kochi
184.5%
8Gifu
181.8%
9Kyoto
176.2%
10Mie
175.7%
11Hiroshima
174.1%
12Fukuoka
172.7%
13Saitama
170.2%
14Kumamoto
170.2%
15Kagoshima
168.8%
16Wakayama
167.5%
17Okayama
166.4%
18Yamagata
165.8%
19Kagawa
164.5%
20Nara
164.0%

SourceStatistics Bureau, MIC — Social Indicators by Prefecture (D: Administrative Base)· Yearly

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2026

19952026

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47 prefectures

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2022

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